Water and fire help each other, salt and plum complement each other(shuǐ huǒ xiāng jì，yán méi xiāng ché)

Water and fire help each other, salt and plum complement each other

Cooking depends on water and fire, seasoning and salt plum. It means that people have different talents, but they can work together.

Idiom explanation

The combination of water and fire, the combination of salt and plum, the combination of fire and water, the combination of fire and water, the combination of salt and plum, the combination of fire and water, the combination of fire and water, the combination of salt and plum. It means that people have different talents, but they can work together.

Idioms and allusions

[source] in the book of the old Tang Dynasty, biography of loyalty and righteousness, Wang Yifang: "the emperor set up three princes and nine princes This desire for water and fire, salt and plum, and then Shu performance Xianxi, wind and rain cross Thailand [example] when you think about the destruction of the royal family, you have a strong desire to rise and save the chaos. When you think about the destruction of the crown, you are afraid that it will lead to chaos. Therefore, each of you is responsible for one thing. The twelfth volume of "Helin Yulu" in Song Dynasty

Discrimination of words

Used as an object or attribute; used in figurative sentences

Chinese PinYin : shuǐ huǒ xiāng jì，yán méi xiāng ché